June 19, 1962

On This Day in History / June 19, 2024

FIRST GENERAL WHITE SPACE TROPHY
1962: SECAF Eugene M. Zuckert presented the first Gen Thomas D. White Space Trophy to Astronaut Capt Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom.

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